The European Team Championships for men and women in 2011 in Squash found from 27 to 30 April 2011 in Espoo , Finland instead. Division 3 for men and women was held from April 7th to 9th, 2011 in a separate event in Budapest . A total of 30 teams competed in the men and 22 teams in the women. For men it was the 39th edition of the championship, for women it was the 34th edition.
The defending champion was England , whose teams won the title again this year. For the women’s team it was the 34th victory at a European team championship, for the men it was the 36th victory. In the men's match, Nick Matthew , James Willstrop , Peter Barker , Daryl Selby and Jonathan Kemp defeated the French team 3-0 in the final . Jonathan Kemp won the opening game against Julien Balbo 3-0, before Nick Matthew beat Grégory Gaultier 3-0 in the game of top players . Peter Barker won the first set in his game against Mathieu Castagnet , which meant the early victory. The game was not played to the end. Yann Perrin and Grégoire Marche were not used on the French side. Third place went to Italy, ahead of the Netherlands .
Germany finished sixth with the squad Pamela Hathway , Sina Wall , Eva Brauckmann and Franziska Hennes . As with the men, the teams from Switzerland and Austria competed in Division 2. Switzerland won the competition with five wins in five games, while Austria came fourth with only two wins. In the overall ranking, Switzerland was ninth, Austria 12th.
mode
The participating teams played in two different divisions according to their placement at the previous European Championship. In Division 1, the eight best teams competed for men and women and played for the European title. First, the teams were divided into two groups and played their games in round robin mode . The two best teams advanced to the semifinals. In the second-class Division 2, the men competed a total of eleven teams in three groups of three and one group of two. The group first and second met in a knockout round and determined the two promoted teams in Division 1. The two weakest teams in Division 1 were relegated in return, the women the promotion and relegation mode was equivalent. The women's division 2 consisted of six teams that competed against each other in round robin mode. At the tournament all places were played out.
All teams consisted of at least three (women) or four (men) and a maximum of four or six players who had to be reported in the order of their skill level. Three individual games were played per match for the women and four for the men. The order in which the individual games were played was independent of the order in which the players entered.
(*) Spain defeated Belgium in the quarter-finals due to the better point ratio (124: 122). (*) Finland defeated Denmark in the final due to the better point ratio (146: 136).
England
Italy
Wales
Czech Republic
France
Netherlands
Germany
Scotland
Spain
Hungary
Slovakia
Finland
Belgium
Ukraine
Ireland
Denmark
Austria
Switzerland
Sweden
